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It's the perfect time to be a chocolate addict in L.A. In addition to this Sunday's Luxury Chocolate Salon, Rosa Mexicano is taking our favorite sweet stuff back to its Meso-American roots with a month-long chocolate festival. Desserts and sauces rich with chocolate tones will be served until October 25th on special menus, with dishes like clove and cinnamon dry-aged bistec under a chocolate tamarind sauce, and naturally, more than a few moles with chocolate influences. This Saturday, the recent NYC import to L.A. Live! will hold a cooking demonstration for guests to learn how to prepare recipes with chocolate, like a cocoa-cured duck leg salad. The 10 a.m. class is followed by a luncheon, and costs $35, with the first 15 registrants receiving a $25 gift card to use at Rosa.

The following Wednesday, Rosa will hold a four-course chocolate festival tasting dinner, pairing dishes like steamed halibut with chocolate Diablo sauce and Negra Modelo, pomgrante margaritas, and chocolate cocktails. Reservations can only be made on Rosa Mexicano's website for both the $55 dinner and the $35 cooking class.